Publications

Professor Michael Porter of Harvard University's School of Business discusses competitive strategy and the role it can play in solving the world's challenges. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Competitive Strategy

24 Oct 2014
Other Presentation

Building a Competitive Taiwan

National competitiveness presentation delivered at The Michael Porter Taipei Forum View Details

Keywords: Taiwan; Competitiveness; Economics; Taiwan

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

Democrat-Republican nonsense. They get elected to help people, but it's criminal those people in Washington don't work together, don't speak together." Likewise, Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

13 May 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller & Michael C. Jensen; Financial Services

08 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief

at Harvard Business School, and Kate Barasz, an associate professor at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, asked participants in a recent study. Interestingly, 20 percent of participants wished for the larger, more serious tear. That’s... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers

Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “When people weren’t presented with a privacy notice, their purchase interest was about twice that of those who had been shown the privacy notice.”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

2011
Other Unpublished Work

International Air Transport Association Vision 2050

IATA asked 35 strategic thinkers to develop this vision for the next 40 years for the airline industry. The group benefited greatly by the inspirational and strategic leadership and wisdom of Singapore's Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew. And Harvard University Professor... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Singapore

21 May 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals

As a Harvard Business School professor for 20 years, V.G. Narayanan has significant experience using the School's pioneering case method to teach business concepts—introducing a real-world management problem, and then using the Socratic... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

16 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice

that waking fresh and clearheaded makes us better able to see decisions in a clearer light. “It’s somewhat like moving information from short-term to long-term storage” That’s certainly what Uma R. Karmarkar, an assistant professor in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

puzzle," writes HBS professor Michael E. Porter, with coauthors Hirotaka Takeuchi and Mariko Sakakibara in their new book, Can Japan Compete? How has this book been received in Japan? Perhaps I'm not... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

12 Dec 2014
Other Presentation

The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value

This presentation given by Professor Michael Porter covers the role of business in society, the concept of shared value, the difference between CSR and CSV, the three levels of shared value, implications for government and civil society, and examples of companies that... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; Society; Value Creation; Competitive Advantage; Civil Society or Community; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations